After taking a seat, Lu Zhengdong looked at the calligraphy and paintings in the living room, which should have been made by Zhou Heng himself, Lu Zhengdong looked at it deliberately and said:

"I didn't expect Zhou Lao to have this hand, he is very tasteful, you have this hobby, elegant, and emotional. Is this the kind of retirement in the later years interesting? ”

Zhou Heng said with a smile: "I'm just scribbling casually, I can't talk about any taste, it's just a few of them, I have been following me for a long time, and I know that I have this hobby, so I put it on and frame it, and I laughed generously." ”

Lu Zhengdong knew that the little Hou in Zhou Heng's mouth was Hou Youmin, the current director of the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, who used to be Zhou Heng's secretary, and Zhou Heng was the deputy director of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee. Before Zhou Heng retired, he was sent down to become the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and acting mayor, the mayor of one term, and the secretary of the municipal party committee for another term, and then transferred to the provincial civil affairs department as the director.

Political figures, especially at the provincial and ministerial level, sometimes seem to be a simple sentence, but in fact they have great meaning.

Zhou Heng was able to mention Hou Youmin at this time, of course, he didn't say so about calligraphy and painting.

This time, the leadership of the provincial party committee was adjusted, Yu Jiangyou became the governor, someone replaced Yu Jiangyou, and a female vice governor wanted to take a back seat, either to the provincial people's congress or the provincial CPPCC, which basically has no suspense, so the vice governor will be vacant.

According to the regulations, at least one woman is now required to be on the standing committee of the provincial party committee and the governors and vice-governors of the provincial governments. At present, there is only a female member of the Standing Committee of the Beihu Provincial Party Committee. He is also the chairman of the General Labor Union. On the side of the provincial government. There must be someone to take over the vacancy left behind.

Sun Yuxiu, the current mayor of Yanhe City, is most likely to take over the position. Because looking at the whole province, she is the only female mayor. Although there are several women cadres at the department level in the provincial organs, they are either the chairmen of the provincial women's federations, or the presidents and party secretaries of colleges and universities. Therefore, Sun Yuxiu is the most likely to be elected vice governor. Of course. Among those "ignorant girls", there may also be a dark horse. The so-called "ignorant girls" refer to non-partisan, intellectual, ethnic minorities, and women cadres. Such people also have the advantage of promotion in today's system.

Comparatively, the competition between men is fiercer. Because wolves have more meat and less meat, there are only a few seats, and those who are qualified to compete. But there are hundreds.

As for whether Hou Youmin can finally be elected vice governor as he wishes, it seems at present. There are two main factors that determine his fate.

One is whether his relationship above him is strong enough, and whether there are leaders above him to speak for him. If there is, that's pretty good. The people below break their legs, and they can't compare to having a big leader above to say a word, this is a reality.

The other is what is the relationship between Hou Youmin and him. When the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee sent personnel to listen to his opinions, if he liked Hou Youmin, he would say that Hou Youmin would be more suitable, and that he would have no problem being vice governor.

If he is not good to him Hou Youmin, he will say a lot of good things about Hou Youmin, and then one but it doesn't matter but it is the content of the horse race, and finally it is to build a bar Hou Youmin to put it in the CPPCC or the People's Congress, so that Hou Youmin will fall into a vice-provincial position, that is, go to the Provincial People's Congress or the Provincial CPPCC in advance.

This should be Hou Youmin's idea of retreating, and this is not something that Hou Youmin cannot accept.

The worst result is that there are no big leaders above to speak for him, and he doesn't like Hou Youmin here, and he doesn't want him to be promoted to the position of vice provincial level.

will say that this comrade should be let go first, so Hou Youmin can only stay put, maybe he can't even keep the position of the director of the hall.

In the past two years, Lu Zhengdong and Hou Youmin have not had much contact, and they don't fully understand him as a person.

Hou Youmin has been mainly following Zhou Shuming in the past few years. In a province, as long as you curry favor with the number one leader, the secretary of the provincial party committee, and make him more satisfied with you, you can get by with other people. It's impossible to satisfy everyone, and there's no way to do that. Your energy does not allow it, nor does your material and financial resources.

Besides, the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor, the two of them generally can't pee in the same pot, and they have become the governor's hardcore brothers, so the secretary of the provincial party committee will definitely snub you.

The most important thing in the system is to take sides. If the team is wrong, the others will be passive. The secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor, compared with the two, the secretary of the provincial party committee has great power and can influence the fate of the secretary of the municipal party committee below, so they can only tie up with the secretary of the provincial party committee first. Whoever becomes the secretary of the provincial party committee* will be the one who will be scolded. This is called being good at grasping the main contradiction. Within the system, the main contradiction determines one qiē. No matter how well you do the rest, it's useless.

That's what Hou Youmin did, and now that he is the secretary of the provincial party committee, Hou Youmin will turn around immediately.

But Hou Youmin ran with Zhou Shuming after all, how easy is it to turn around?

Today, Zhou Heng deliberately pointed out the name of his former secretary Xiaohou, just to deliberately remind Lu Zhengdong and let him know the relationship between Hou Youmin and Zhou Heng, and don't embarrass Hou Youmin at a critical time. As the saying goes, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, he Zhou Heng is still a person with some weight. If he was interested, he would give this face.

Or Zhou Heng also took this opportunity to ask for Hou Youmin's stone to ask for directions here.

What is the influence of these retired veteran cadres?

It is precisely these people who can still maintain a certain influence in the political arena in order for them to maintain a certain degree of influence in the political arena, and the size of this influence depends on the weight of these in-service cadres they have promoted, and in turn, it is precisely because of this influence that such old cadres can also make a contribution to those old subordinates at critical times.

These Lu Zhengdong are naturally like a mirror in his heart, and he is also a little tired of Zhou Heng relying on the old and selling the old, first his son, and then the secretary, his appetite is really too big, Lu Zhengdong has worked in Beihu for many years, and he is definitely not the leader of the provincial party committee who has been airborne from other places, and he needs to rely on these old cadres to quickly open up the situation, but Lu Zhengdong still nodded: "Comrade Youmin is good." ”

Lu Zhengdong is like this, it is not only a gesture, but also a realistic need, Jiang Siqing, a crazy woman, created the open and secret battle between Zhou Shuming and Zhan Jidong, Daozh Bei Lake is a little turbulent, people are uneasy, and the political situation in Daozh Bei Lake is a little turbulent, he must eliminate such a somewhat turbulent situation.

At the moment, I don't know how many eyes are staring at him, to see if he is really competent in the position of the secretary of the provincial party committee, and how to smoothly transition to the role of the secretary of the provincial party committee, which is his first goal......

Zhou Heng also smiled and said:

"The province is now in a new atmosphere and new look, and it still needs some motivated people."

Lu Zhengdong also said:

"Yes, it is also necessary for old comrades like you to continue to exert their residual heat to escort the new provincial party committee. Mr. Zhou, in addition to visiting your old man's home, I also want to listen to your opinions and suggestions on the new leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, you are old and respectful, have rich experience in governance, and have made important contributions to Beihu Province, although you are retired, you still care about the development and progress of Beihu Province. We are here this time to be an elementary school student with an open mind and listen to your opinions. ”

Zhou Heng knows that this is just an official word, every provincial party committee secretary will say this when he takes office, in fact, which provincial party committee secretary wants his predecessor to point fingers, not to mention that Zhou Heng doesn't want to talk about such a heavy issue, what he is most concerned about now is the promotion of his former secretary Hou Youmin, as long as Hou Youmin becomes the vice governor, this is a big victory for him.

He is old, the secretary has gone up, he has a career, and he has a sustained influence in the political arena of Beihu Province, as for how to develop Beihu Province now, he doesn't worry about this, and he doesn't want to dislike people, he has retired, and now he is unofficial and light, how carefree!

"How to develop Beihu Province in the future, that is the matter of your current leadership, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, one generation is stronger than the next, Beihu is in a very good situation today, it means that you are doing a good job, you young people don't take these things to torture us old guys. We've lived out our old age in peace, and now we don't care about these things. ”

Zhou Heng smiled and waved his hand, and said: "I'm old, and my brain can't think about such a heavy problem, what I want now is to spend my old age in peace, be at ease, and have no energy for other things." You are in the prime of life, especially Secretary Zhengdong, you have done a good job, and you are more productive than us old guys, and you will definitely develop the cause of Beihu even better. ”

Lu Zhengdong understood as soon as he heard it, this was an old slippery head. There is no real insight, it is all high-sounding falsehood, empty words.

After that, Wang Yiming, Lu Zhengdong and Zhou Heng talked for a while, asked him about the situation of the other children, and saw that the time was about the same, so they stood up and prepared to leave.

Zhou Heng knew that they still had to visit other old comrades, so he stood up and sent them to the gate.

Everyone waved goodbye and walked to the homes of other old comrades.

According to the arrangement, Lu Zhengdong visited several other veteran comrades in turn. Shake hands with them, chat, take pictures, send flowers, fruits, and greet their families. The situation is much the same, what is said is the entertainment talk in the officialdom, everyone laughs, and seriously finishes the formalities.

Anyway, these old guys have been used to it over the years, and every time they change the secretary of the provincial party committee or the governor, they have to accept a visit. said that it was to solicit the opinions of these old guys, but in fact, everyone knows that this is all superficial work, after all, old comrades like Xiang Guangming are a minority, and if they dare to tell the truth, they may make the other party unable to get off the stage, or unhappy. Although they are veteran cadres, retired, and fearless, their sons and daughters and secretaries are still in the officialdom and need to be taken care of by these current authorities. Therefore, in the officialdom now, there are many lies, empty words, and lies, and everyone is happy to look at it, but in fact, they all have their own hearts, and each person plays their own abacus^ (to be continued......)